12,263
12K
Sep 4, 2019
09/19
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Gezsch and Heyse
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Anemone, a type specimen from the German type foundry Genzsch and Heyse. From the collection of Letterform Archive . To schedule a visit, please click here.
Topic: Type Specimen
Type specimen book for Los Angeles Type Founders, undated but before 1978 based on material acquired with it.
Topics: typefounding, type, printing
4,737
4.7K
Aug 2, 2019
08/19
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Sonja Hernandez
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Harmon, a Type Specimen from the TypeWest program, and an accompanying set of postcards. From the collection of Letterform Archive . To schedule a visit, please click here.
Topic: Type Specimen
5,342
5.3K
Apr 4, 2020
04/20
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Bock Ngar Chy Foundry
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Chinese type Specimen from Bock Ngar Chy Foundry in San Francisco, CA. From the collection of Letterform Archive . To schedule a visit, please click here.
Topic: Type Specimen
Type specimen book from the Cade Type Foundry, a private typefoundry. Published by the foundry and The Juniper Press, Winchester, MA. This was the private press and the private typefoundry of Philip Cade.
Topics: type, typefounding, type specimen books
A specimen book (typeface catalog) from Barco Type Founders, Northlake, IL.
Topics: typecasting, typefounding, typography, printing
A high-quality digitization of the complete 1923 edition of the American Type Founders (ATF) Specimen Book. Considered by many to be the culmination of specimen printing, it is an important, and massive volume, documenting the culture of printing, advertising, and typography in the early 20th century. This issue is optimized for mobile devices. This work is in the public domain. Digitized by David Armstrong/Sevanti Letterpress.
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Topics: specimen book, type specimen, American Type Founders, graphic design, foundry, letterpress,...
Source: torrent:urn:sha1:eecf606c3bfc07bd4ff6432b4830fe77bbc66076
18,329
18K
Aug 21, 2020
08/20
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Rudolf Koch
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From the collection of Letterform Archive . To schedule a visit, please click here.
Topic: Type Ephemera
4,556
4.6K
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Linotype Electra [type specimen] From the collection of Letterform Archive . To schedule a visit, please click here.
Topic: Dwiggins Collection (non book)
4,602
4.6K
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(Helvetica Bold Type Specimen) From the collection of Letterform Archive . To schedule a visit, please click here.
Topic: Martin Venezky
554
554
Apr 11, 2019
04/19
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United States. Government Printing Office
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69 numb. l. incl. illus., forms. 29 cm
Topic: Type and type-founding -- United States -- Specimens
16,080
16K
Apr 6, 2020
04/20
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Gujarati Type Foundry
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Hardcover bound type specimen featuring English, Sanskrit, and Urdu typefaces. From the collection of Letterform Archive . To schedule a visit, please click here.
Topic: Type Specimen
11,189
11K
Oct 10, 2019
10/19
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Ludwig and Mayer
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A type specimen of Antiqua Candida, Erbar Grotesk, Welt Antiqua, and Antiqua Colonia from German foundry Ludwig and Mayer. From the collection of Letterform Archive . To schedule a visit, please click here.
Topic: Type Specimen
A type specimen book of Typefounders of Chicago (a subsidiary of Castcraft). No date, but after 1943 (city zone codes) and before 1963 (no ZIP code); probably before 1959 (their acquisition of Neon Type). Brown cover showing a drawing of a matrix carrier and holder assembly for a Thompson Type Caster. Also contains information on their sorts and line service. Also contains type imported by Amsterdam Continental.
Topics: typecasting, typefounding, type specimens, typography
Type specimen book. Undated, but bearing a price increase notice effective 1951-01-01. Also advertises sorts service, reproduction proofs, reverse repros, transparencies, line service, composition services in Linotype and Monotype, and creative & advertising typography.
Topics: type, typefounding, type specimen books
5,651
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Apr 4, 2020
04/20
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Benjamin Krebs
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Softcover bound specimen featuring cyrillic types. From the collection of Letterform Archive . To schedule a visit, please click here.
Topic: Type Specimen
Type specimen book and price list of Acme Type Foundry (Chicago), Catalog No. 6 dated July 15, 1947.
Topics: typefounding, typecasting, typography, printing
Specimen catalog, mechanical type setting instrument - Varigraph
Topics: varigraph, poor, lettering, type, sizes, good, matrix, fair, low, catalog, poor poor, good good,...
492 p., illus., 18.5 cm, trade catalog
Topics: tool catalog, printing tools, typesetting tools, typesetting equipment, typefaces
6,981
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Sep 30, 2009
09/09
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Boston Type Foundry
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At head of title: First letter foundry in New England. Established 1817
Topic: Printing
Source: bplsc
855
855
Apr 11, 2019
04/19
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Lindsay type foundry, New York. [from old catalog]
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103 p. 24 x 30 cm
Topic: Type and type-founding -- United States -- Specimens
published before 1895
Topics: remington, typewriting
This is a very early (1893) American Type Founders Company specimen book comprised of offerings from its Cleveland Type Foundry branch. It does not mention ATF by name. It was digitized by Google Books from the University of Michigan copy. This version was assembled from page images from The Hathi Trust.
Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials. Version 1. December 2002
Topics: Printing, Type and type-founding
1,311
1.3K
Oct 22, 2014
10/14
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Cincinnati Type Foundry Co; Barth, Henry; Hunt, W. P; Wells, Charles
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Robinson-Pforzheimer Collection
Topics: bub_upload, Printing, Type and type-founding, genealogy
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=JfRBAAAAYAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
The 1929 type specimen book of the Baltimore Type and Composition Company ("Baltotype").
Topics: typefounding, letterpress printing, type specimen books
449
449
Dec 8, 2011
12/11
by
Lanston monotype machine company. [from old catalog]
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Topic: Type and type-founding
Source: inlibrary
5,705
5.7K
Jul 27, 2011
07/11
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American Type Founders Company
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The [10] leaves are section titles, which vary in color of print and printing stock
Topics: American Type Founders Company, Printing, Type and type-founding, Printing machinery and supplies
1,408
1.4K
Jan 22, 2017
01/17
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American Type Founders Company
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Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015.214323 dc.date.accessioned: 2015-07-09T18:41:36Z dc.date.available: 2015-07-09T18:41:36Z dc.date.digitalpublicationdate: 2003-03-14 dc.date.citation: 1923 dc.identifier.barcode: 1990010084365 dc.identifier.origpath: /data_copy/upload/0084/370 dc.identifier.copyno: 1 dc.identifier.uri: http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/214323 dc.description.scannerno: 4 dc.description.scanningcentre: IISc, Bangalore dc.description.main: 1...
Topic: Other
California Digital Library
23,437
23K
Oct 31, 2007
10/07
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American Type Founders Company
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xvi, 17-1096 p. : 29 cm
Topics: Printing -- Specimens, Printing machinery and supplies -- Catalogs, Type and type-founding
1,193
1.2K
Oct 2, 2013
10/13
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American Type Founders Company
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1,148 p. : 26 cm
Topics: Printing machinery and supplies, Type and type-founding, Printing, Printing machinery and supplies...
1,032
1.0K
Mar 26, 2019
03/19
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Gildea, David, & co., inc., New York. [from old catalog]
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8 p.l., 127 p. 17 cm
Topic: Type and type-founding -- United States -- Specimens
1 broadside ; 25 x 43 cm
Topics: Printing -- Specimens., Type and type-founding., McGill University Library Digitized Title, Colgate...
Cover title: Brass types
Topics: Type and type-founding, Caractères d'imprimerie
The Book of the Matrix[:] Announcing Specimen Book of Type Styles . (Brooklyn, NY: Mergenthaler Linotype Company, 1916). While this is in theory a prospectus for a type specimen book, it contains no specimens and little typographical information per se. Rather, it emphasizes the manufacturing capabilities of the Mergenthaler company. 16pp. It contains photographs of the Mergenthaler main office (Tribune Building), selling offices, and Brooklyn plant (exterior and some interior views). Also...
Topics: mergenthaler linotype, matrix, type specimens
Cornell University Library
2,609
2.6K
Nov 4, 2009
11/09
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Farmer, firm, type-founders, New York
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The metadata below describe the original scanning. Follow the "All Files: HTTP" link in the "View the book" box to the left to find XML files that contain more metadata about the original images and the derived formats (OCR results, PDF etc.). See also the What is the directory structure for the texts? FAQ for information about file content and naming conventions.
Topics: Printing, Printing -- Specimens
85
85
Oct 5, 2021
10/21
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Boston Type and Stereotype Foundry
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724
724
Apr 11, 2019
04/19
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Boston Type and Stereotype Foundry
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[193] leaves ; 24 cm
Topics: Boston Type and Stereotype Foundry, Type and type-founding -- United States -- Specimens, Printing...
One-line specimen book for American Type Founders (ATF) typefaces. This copy includes a tipped-in specimen announcing the typeface "Americana." Printing code: TY-154 EP20M 11-66.
Topics: typefounding, type
ATF Character Specimen Catalog from 1941, 8 pages, 216 x 280 mm.
Topics: American, Type, Founders, Catalogue, Specimen, 1941, Brody, Dom, Casual, Diagonal, Franklin,...
v, 56 p. 24 cm
Topic: Printing
3,608
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Aug 8, 2019
08/19
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Camille Sibucao
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Cocktails, a type specimen from the Type@ CooperWest program. From the collection of Letterform Archive . To schedule a visit, please click here.
Topic: Type Specimen
Catalog of American Type Founders Company ornaments, special characters, initials, monograms, etc. for letterpress printing type. Edition TY-142. Printing code: 40M661LC (dating it to June 1961).
Topics: typefounding, type
Catalog of American Type Founders Company ornaments, special characters, initials, monograms, etc. for letterpress printing type. Edition TY-137. Printing code: 25M 657LC (dating it to June 1957; it also explicitly bears the date "June 1957").
Topics: typefounding, type
Catalog of American Type Founders Company ornaments, special characters, initials, monograms, etc. for letterpress printing type. Edition TY-112. Printing code: 60M 255LC (dating it to February 1955). This catalog was distributed by various resellers of ATF type; in this instance it was distributed by the Graphic Arts Equipment Company (Chicago). Thanks are due to Jenny Addison, proprietor of Lock and Key Press (http://lockandkeypress.wordpress.com/ ) for making this document available.
Topics: typefounding, type
"Ridgway on the Type Specimen of Buteo Oxypterus Cassin" is an article from The Auk, Volume 2 . View more articles from The Auk . View this article on JSTOR . View this article's JSTOR metadata . You may also retrieve all of this items metadata in JSON at the following URL: https://archive.org/metadata/jstor-4625304
Source: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/4625304
One-line specimen book for American Type Founders (ATF) typefaces. This is a 1969 reprint of edition TY-154; it appeared earlier in at least 1966 (see http://www.archive.org/details/ATFHandyTypeIndexTY154 )
Topics: typefounding, type
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Jun 6, 2020
06/20
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Yojiro Kimura
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One-line specimen book for American Type Founders (ATF) typefaces. This is a 1976 edition. Although it bears a cover similar to earlier editions (e.g., edition TY-154; see http://www.archive.org/details/ATFHandyTypeIndexTY154 and/or http://www.archive.org/details/ATFHandyTypeIndexTY154_1969try2 ) it is greatly reduced in size.
Topics: typefounding, type
